Myers, David G.

Exploring social psychology / David G. Myers. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c1994. - xiv, 428 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - McGraw-Hill series in social psychology .

contents

INTRODUCING SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
MODULE 1 - DOING SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
MODULE 2 - DID YOU KNOW IT ALL ALONG?

SOCIAL THINKING
MODULE 3 - INTUITION: THE POWER AND LIMITS OF OUR INNER KNOWING
MODULE 4 - REASONS FOR UNREASON
MODULE 5 - CLINICAL INTUITION: THE PERILS OF PSYCHOLOGIZING
MODULE 6 - THE FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR
MODULE 7 - A NEW LOOK AT PRIDE
MODULE 8 - THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING
MODULE 9 - BEHAVIOR AND BELIEF SOCIAL INFLUENCE
MODULE 10 - GENDER AND GENES
MODULE 11 - HOW NICE PEOPLE GET CORRUPTED

MODULE 12 - TWO ROUTES TO PERSUASION
MODULE 13 - INDOCTRINATION AND INOCULATION
MODULE 14 - THE MERE PRESENCE OF OTHERS
MODULE 15 - MANY HANDS MAKE DIMINISHED RESPONSIBILITY

MODULE 16 - DOING TOGETHER WHAT WE WOULD NEVER DO ALONE
MODULE 17 - HOW GROUPS INTENSIFY DECISIONS
MODULE 18 - POWER TO THE PERSON SOCIAL RELATIONS
MODULE 19 - THE DISLIKE OF DIVERSITY
MODULE 20 - THE ROOTS OF PREJUDICE
MODULE 21 - THE NATURE AND NURTURE OF AGGRESSION
MODULE 22 - DO THE MEDIA INFLUENCE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR?
MODULE 23 - CAUSES OF CONFLICT
MODULE 24 - BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS
MODULE 25 - WHO LIKES WHOM?
MODULE 26 - THE UPS AND DOWNS OF LOVE
MODULE 27 - WHEN DO PEOPLE HELP?
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY APPLIED
MODULE 28 - WHO IS MISERABLE?AND WHY?
MODULE 29 - WHO IS HAPPY AND WHY?
MODULE 30 - BIG IDEAS IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND RELIGION


Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-407) and index(p. 411-428)

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